That the nations would know....

I honestly I, and I think I am not alone, am growing tired of all the political rhetoric about health-care, or as some call it Obama-care. Republicans are doing all they can to stop it and quoting countless emails and letters from Americans who say they don't want it. Democrats cite their own conversations from Americans who are hurting and without health-care. The tensions hit an all time high this week in an interview between Foxnews and President Obama, it was ugly....I just want it to stop, really.

The point of this communication is not the decide or even take sides in the health-care debate, our God knows and has known what will happen, but to call all of us to the very heart of God in worship creating a passion for reaching the nations for His glory.

The time, energy, passion, sleep, etc., that is used and or lost on this debate and others that sidetrack the church from being the church is exactly what the enemy wants to happen. I mean, if we can get all into the health-care debate, or other side issues that we really can't or won't be resolved in our or any lifetime, then the enemy keeps us off target, off of God's heart to be glorified by all peoples, THAT is what we are to pour ourselves into and to be about.

Psalm 67: 1-3 says: May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations. May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.

America is a blessed nation, way beyond what we deserve, but that blessing comes with a defining call, 'So that God's ways may be known on earth, His salvation among all nations', and no other reason.

So, as the health-care debate rages on, let's not get sidetraced by it, but let's pray that God would search our hearts, cleanse our souls, and clarify our vision of worship, worship by all peoples. Watch this amazing video, and then pray Ps. 67.



For a free eBook about how our world view and theology is all about us rather than being about God's glory among all nations, click on the cover of the book, Cat and God Theology. It is an important and timely read, especially for these days.